Sami M. Halawani

11 papers C 1Journal 9Unranked 1

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2024	J	`jnl`	A Theoretical Study of the Representational Power of Weighted Randomised Univariate Regression Tree Ensembles. J. Inf. Knowl. Manag. Amir Ahmad, Sami M. Halawani, Ajay Kumar, Arshad Hashmi, Mutasem Jarrah, Abdul Rafey Ahmad, Zia Abbas
2016	J	`jnl`	Exploiting flow equivalent server in transient analysis. Comput. Syst. Sci. Eng. Alessio Angius, András Horváth, Sami M. Halawani, Omar M. Ba-Rukab, Ab Rahman Ahmad, Gianfranco Balbo
2015	J	`jnl`	A versatile mathematical work-flow to explore how Cancer Stem Cell fate influences tumor progression. BMC Syst. Biol. Chiara Fornari, Gianfranco Balbo, Sami M. Halawani, Omar M. Ba-Rukab, Ab Rahman Ahmad, Raffaele A. Calogero, Francesca Cordero, Marco Beccuti
2015	J	`jnl`	From Symmetric Nets to Differential Equations exploiting Model Symmetries. Comput. J. Marco Beccuti, Chiara Fornari, Giuliana Franceschinis, Sami M. Halawani, Omar M. Ba-Rukab, Ab Rahman Ahmad, Gianfranco Balbo
2015	—	`conf`	Use of Flow Equivalent Servers in the Transient Analysis of Product Form Queuing Networks. ASMTA Alessio Angius, András Horváth, Sami M. Halawani, Omar M. Ba-Rukab, Ab Rahman Ahmad, Gianfranco Balbo
2014	J	`jnl`	Consistency of randomized and finite sized decision tree ensembles. Pattern Anal. Appl. Amir Ahmad, Sami M. Halawani, Ibrahim A. Albidewi
2012	J	`jnl`	A rule-based method for identifying the factor structure in customer satisfaction. Inf. Sci. Amir Ahmad, Lipika Dey, Sami M. Halawani
2012	C	`conf`	Ensemble Methods for Prediction of Parkinson Disease. IDEAL Sami M. Halawani, Amir Ahmad
2012	J	`jnl`	Novel ensemble methods for regression via classification problems. Expert Syst. Appl. Amir Ahmad, Sami M. Halawani, Ibrahim A. Albidewi
2011	J	`jnl`	A Costing Analysis for Decision Making Grid Model in Failure-Based Maintenance. Adv. Decis. Sci. Burhanuddin Mohd Aboobaider, Sami M. Halawani, A. R. Ahmad
2005	J	`jnl`	Safety Issues of Computer Failure. Egypt. Comput. Sci. J. Sami M. Halawani

Nicolò Altamura is a security engineer and computer science researcher specializing in software protection, reverse engineering, program analysis, and binary deobfuscation. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona, graduating with honors, and works at emproof, focusing on software protection and the challenges of analyzing and understanding compiled software.

His research explores the relationship between program analysis and code obfuscation, with particular emphasis on how software transformations affect the ability of automated tools to recover program behavior. His interests span static analysis, binary analysis, decompilation, reverse engineering, and techniques for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code.

In 2025, he co-authored Assessing the Effectiveness of the Tigress Obfuscator Against MOPSA and BinaryNinja, published at CheckMATE. The paper evaluates the effectiveness of obfuscation techniques and their impact on source-level static analysis and binary-level decompilation.

Beyond academic research, Nicolò develops and contributes to tools for reverse engineering and software analysis. His projects include obfuscation_analysis, a Binary Ninja plugin for analyzing and simplifying obfuscated code; Pocket, an obfuscator for mixed Boolean-arithmetic expressions; and ptxNinja, a tool for reverse engineering NVIDIA GPU code represented in the PTX virtual instruction set.

His research also extends to binary datasets and software evolution. In 2026, he co-authored ASSEMBLAGE-DEEPHISTORY: A Cross-Build Binary Dataset with Temporal Coverage, a research work addressing the availability of binary data across multiple software builds and points in time, supporting research into binary analysis and changes between program versions.

Across his research, engineering work, and open-source contributions, Nicolò focuses on advancing the understanding, analysis, and protection of software against increasingly sophisticated obfuscation and reverse-engineering challenges.

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